PHYSICAL TRAINING FOR TAI JI QUAN PRACTICE
The vast majority of people who practice Tai Ji Quan engage in the 养生 (yǎng shēng) "health-preserving" modality, and very few are familiar with or practice the 实战用法 (shí zhàn yòng fǎ) "practical combat application" of Tai Ji Quan. This is because, in the late 1800s...
DAO YIN TODAY
"Dao Yin (导引) has been widely recognized in the medical history of China. Today, as in ancient times, the practice of this discipline is prescribed to treat various conditions such as 痿 (wei) 'impotence,' 厥 (jue) fainting, 寒 (han) cold energy, 热 (re) hot energy, among...
FUT GAR HISTORY
The Buddhist boxing taught under the generic name Fut Gar Kuen (佛家拳) has spread to various regions, including Cenxi, Wuzhou, Cangwu, Tengxian, Liuzhou in Guangxi, and Guangzhou, Doumen, Taishan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen, Dongguan, Luoding, Yangchun, Yangjiang, Zhanjiang,...
太极尺 Taiji Ruler
HISTORY OF THE TAIJI RULER Despite the lack of evidence regarding who or when this training tool was invented, the foundational myth surrounding the Taiji ruler is related to one of the possible masters of Zhang San Feng, the mythical immortal named Chen Tuan of...
NINE-TAILED FOX DEITIES
Within the world of Taoist magic, there exists a cult devoted to the nine-tailed foxes. Fox spirits are considered as beings that can be benevolent or malevolent depending on the circumstances. From China to Southeast Asia, the worship of fox deities varies from...
CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS
Chinese martial arts (中国武术) are, at their core, a compilation of skills in weapon handling (兵器法) and the art of fist fighting (拳法). Various societies worldwide, both ancient and modern, have developed martial methods throughout history to train their armed forces....
The Nine-Word Body Protection Method
This practice is commonly employed in the Hun Yuan Pai school, which focuses on what is commonly known as Shen Wu (神武), or "spiritual martial arts." This magical or spiritual martial concept is essentially an invocation used in moments of extreme necessity, seeking...
THE SECRET ARTS OF RIVERS AND LAKES PART ONE
The Chinese term for the "Underworld" is commonly referred to as "Jiang Hu" (江湖), which translates to "rivers and lakes" and is interpreted as "wandering from rivers to lakes." Members of the underworld were primarily individuals who had to frequently escape, hide,...
Fut Gar Wooden Man Method
The Southern Shaolin style is believed to have a training method known as the "Buddhist Wooden Man Method," which is associated with the Southern Shaolin Temple. It is said that the Southern Shaolin Temple had 18 wooden men, constituting the main training elements of...
DAO YIN 64 TRANSFORMATIONS
Within the Hun Yuan school, we practice the Taoist version of Dao Yin, guided by the principles of the 64 transformations. While most Dao Yin schools are associated with the Confucian school of Dao Yin, which popularized Dao Yin in China over the last 300 years, the...